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According to unofficial sources, the acquisition of Full Tilt Poker goes as planned, even if the amount of paperwork slows things down.

PokerStars replied to the question of a Danish player, which revealed the company is about to roll out their equivalent of Full Tilt Poker's popular rush poker.

We are happy to inform you that from now on, we are in partnership with a brand new room, EuroPoker! EuroPoker is a member of the Ongame Network, and as our newest room, they offer you some great exclusive promotions.

Purple Lounge officials revealed that on 16 January the room leaves the Microgaming Network, and will continue business as part of the Entraction Network.

Under pressure from the player community, PokerStars has withdrawn from changing its rake calculation method from dealt to weighted contributed. The distribution of VPPs, however, does change in 2012.

In the first days of January, 2012, PokerStars introduces the weighted contributed rake calculation in place of the old dealt method. Additional improvements are also scheduled for the first half of next year.

After FTP and GBT have come to an agreement, the United States Department of Justice can now acquire the assets of Full Tilt Poker so that GBT can buy it from them, completing the transfer. In addition, the DoJ is to dismiss the civil charges against the room, Subject: Poker reports.

Groupe Bernard Tapie joined Bwin and PokerStars applying for the Spanish gambling license required to operate in Spain. This means that Full Tilt Poker is very close to be reopened and players will soon be paid.

Last week, a link was published on the 2p2 forum through which personal data of UB players were available to download. After 9 minutes, administrators removed the post but an unpredictable number of downloads could have already occurred by the time. UB now responds to the issue.

The iPoker network is to introduce a new rake calculation method in 2012, resembling Ongame’s Essence in some ways. The iPoker system will, however, have smaller effect on the winning players’ rakeback.

After Ray Bitar's resignation and GBT's (Groupe Bernard Tapie) settlement with the DoJ (Department of Justice), the Department of Justice finally released the details of their agreement. Only the shareholders have to agree to this, and Full Tilt's reopening alongside with all the payouts can get a green light.

Reload your PokerStars account before 23:59 (ET) on 30th November – or 05:59 (CET) on 1st December – to receive a cash bonus worth 10% of your deposit, up to a total of $10.

Ray Bitar, Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson and Rafe Furst, the four main defendants of the Full Tilt Poker (FTP) scandal have declared their resignation and thus cannot be reagrded as the leaders of the poker room anymore.

This analysis has been written for those of our players who care about having good return percentages. As many players cannot estimate the expectable rakeback percentages when looking at a rake race, we have made an exact analysis using the results of previous months.

PokerStars aims to organise the biggest online poker tournament ever, with 150,000 players expected at the tables.